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On 24th June 2025, BNMT Nepal held a special recognition event in Kathmandu to honour Dr. Gillian Holdsworth, former Chair and long-standing trustee of BNMT UK. The event celebrated her exceptional leadership, dedication, and lasting contributions to both BNMT UK and BNMT Nepal, highlighting her pivotal role in strengthening the partnership and

On 15th April 2025, BNMT Nepal welcomed several distinguished guests, including Ms. Anje Clarke from Inkfish—BNMT UK’s partner and key funder of the upcoming TB Shield project—and Dr. Richard and Dr. Carin Storkenmeir from the German Nepal Help Association. The visit provided an opportunity to share BNMT’s 60-year journey, discuss innovative health

A talk in support of the Britain Nepal Medical Trust by local resident Dr Gillian Holdsworth about her ‘trans Himalayan trek’ – one of the first people to walk across Nepal – her love for the country and its people and some of the groundbreaking work of the trust in diagnosis and

In April 2024 the Chair of BNMT UK, Dr Gillian Holdsworth, visited the team in Kathmandu and attended the BNMT Nepal All staff meeting and the final dissemination meeting which shared the impact evaluation of BNMT’s major projects with partners.

On 3 November 2023, at 11:47 PM (local time) an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale followed by several major aftershocks struck Jajarkot, Rukum West and five other districts in Karnali Province of Nepal. The affected districts experienced more than 150 additional aftershocks as reported by National Earthquake Monitoring and

The Britain Nepal Medical Trust would like to wish one of our Trustees, Dr Raghav Dhital, a very happy birthday as he turns 80 in early October. Dr Dhital became a trustee of the Britain Nepal Medical Trust in 2012 after retiring as a GP in London.  Born in Nepal, he gained

The Britain Nepal Medical Trust trustees met at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Health office in London on 5th September 2023. The meeting was a chance for the Nepal team to update the trustees on their main research projects, such as IMPACT TB and the COVID-related Epidemic Intelligence programme. It

Ann and Chris Walters, long term supporters of BNMT, opened their garden to raise money for the Trust in June 2023. Johnny Payne, his wife Caroline and Gillian Holdsworth joined the family at Bell Bank House, Blockley in Gloucestershire for the day – and were joined by Rosemary Boere and her husband

We had our first face to face Trustees meeting since COVID in May 2023 at the Nepal Embassy.  Left to Right: Dr Maxine Caws, Jeff Mecaskey, Raghu Dhital, Gillian Holdsworth, Gyan Chandra Acharya – Nepal Ambassador, Dr Raghav Dhital, Dr Bob Fryatt, Dr Johnny Payne.